~Vintage Clothespins~

The following pictures were found at Ebay & Etsy postings and on Google image searches.

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Ebay Description:Vintage set of 5 wooden clothes pins.

These are from the turn of the century.

The pins range from 4-1/2" to 6" long.

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Ebay Description:This early wooden blanket quilt clothes

pin clamp measures approximately 2-1/2” W x 8” L.

Perfect for any primitive decorating or textile display!

Originally used as a jar opener in the kitchen and designed

like a regular clothespin with the same spring action.

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Ebay Description: These mid 19th century wooden carved clothes pins come from my own collection which I have accumulated for 30 years. They were each made from one piece of Oak with a nice patina and are in very good used condition with minimal age wear. They each measure 6 1/2" long and 1/2" wide. ###

Ebay Description: This sale is for the 3 Unusual and Early Mechanical Clothespins pictured above. As with mousetraps, there was a time back near the turn of the last century when the search was on for the "perfect or better" clothespin. The fellow who came up with this design was a real thinker. It is way over designed. One has a repair where it split along the grain and was screwed back together. The other two are like new. This is a rare clothespin, and I believe I have the only supply of them from when I bought these from the original family of the original inventor. I do not believe they were ever commercially offered and that there was but one production run. ###

Ebay Description: Penley "Klose Klips" clothespins—These clothespins were similar to those described by Lester H. Penley in his patent applications of 1928 and 1943. Mr. Penley’s new and improved clothespins eliminated the necessity for the freshly washed clothes to actually touch the clothes line, which, according to Mr. Penley, was covered with “dust and dirt.” I also discovered that this type of clothespin was used in darkroom photographic processing.
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Penley clothespins were made in West Paris, Maine, USA.

Notice the price of 29-cents for 12 clothespins.

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19th century Whalebone clothespin with acorn finial.

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Ebay Description: The person we we bought this from told us his aunt had run a little country store from the 1930's until the 70's, and the oversized clothespin was used with a display of spring loaded clothes pins. It measures 6" by 1" by 2-1/2" at its widest point. The large clothes pin has a wonderful patina on the wood and metal, the kind that is only acquired with age. There is a small round hold on one side of the pin, near the top, we were told it was attached to the display to demonstrate how the clothes pin worked.